Pidcock v. West
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages; from Colquitt superior court—Judge Thomas. July 29, 1919. Application for certiorari was denied by the Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the CourtBloodworth, J.
This suit is based upon injuries received by the plaintiff in an automobile collision, in which the car of defendant fan into the car in which the plaintiff was riding. A verdict of $1,500 in favor of plaintiff was returned, and the defendant excepted.
1. The court did not err in failing to give to the jury a requested instruction as follows: “I charge you as a matter of law that there is no presumption of negligence against the defendant, and consequently the burden is on the plaintiff not only to prove injury as alleged, but to prove that the defendant was guilty of some one or more acts of…
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